From Kijiji Ad to VersaPile: Stan Higgins

<p>Stan Higgins was working in executive search when he saw an ad on Kijiji for a helical pile dealership.</p><p>He had no background in construction. He bought the dealership anyway and started VersaPile in 2011.</p><p>In this episode of <em>Careers Under Construction</em>, Stan talks about:</p><ul><li>Why his mom started her own search firm out of her house in 1999</li><li>How he tested the competition before buying in</li><li>Why he handed his phone to his first salesperson</li><li>What 5 dealers talked about that the other 95 didn’t</li><li>Why the owner can become the bottleneck in the early years</li><li>Why he eventually walked away from two-thirds of his business</li><li>What his wife’s RCMP career taught him about leadership</li><li>What companies get wrong when working with Indigenous communities</li><li>What he saw at a psychedelic retreat that he can’t unsee</li><li>The eating struggle he kept secret for years</li><li>How he and his wife worked through a planned separation</li><li>The pipe bag an elder handed him, saying, “I’m being told this belongs to you,” and how it survived his mom’s house fire</li></ul><p><br></p><p>🎙️ Listen to Stan’s full story on <em>Careers Under Construction</em>. Out now. </p><p><br></p><p>#Entrepreneurship #Construction #Leadership #Business #Manitoba</p><p><br></p>